Methods to watch the Android Present forward of Google I/O 2025

Google’s annual I/O developer convention is approaching Might 20, and for the primary time, there’s two main occasions you may wish to watch to remain on prime of all of the updates the corporate’s making to its software program platforms. I/O 2025 kicks off on Might 20, and every week earlier on Might 13, there’s additionally The Android Show: I/O Edition, a devoted showcase for the Android ecosystem.

The Android Present: I/O Version airs on Might 13 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT, and it will stream at the moment on Google’s Android YouTube channel. Because it seems to be pre-recorded, we have embedded it under, so actually, you may simply bookmark this web page and return then. Higher but, we might be liveblogging alongside the present, so you may see our protection, evaluation and takes in actual time.

Android is developed partially within the open, so there’s already some indication of what may very well be coming with Android 16. To this point, that is a visual redesign of a few of the working system’s core options, just like the notification shade, a take on Apple’s Live Activities for monitoring ongoing occasions and presumably a Samsung DeX-like “Desktop Mode” for Android telephones. Google even appeared to accidentally publish its personal weblog submit detailing its analysis round consumer interfaces and Materials 3 Expressive, solely to take it down shortly after. Sadly (or luckily for Android lovers), the internet never forgets.

In the meantime, I/O 2025 begins on Might 20 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT with Google’s keynote, usually a sequence of updates on Android, Search, Google Workspace and Gemini. It is value noting: Google usually would not put aside separate time for Android bulletins. The corporate mentioned there might be some Android information at I/O, however the secure guess is that Gemini would be the star. We expect Google to share Gemini updates, together with Android XR information and perhaps additional demonstrations of experimental tasks like Project Astra.

Google’s I/O keynote might be out there to look at on Google’s YouTube channel and proper right here as soon as the livestream is up on Might 20 at 1PM ET.

Replace, Might 8 2025, 10:30PM ET: This story has been up to date to incorporate info on Engadget’s liveblog of the Android Present, in addition to further info on what we anticipate to be introduced based mostly on leaks round Materials 3 Expressive.